Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-09
A PULLMAN CAR EPISODE.
William Nye Recalled Senator Leland STAN
fOrd'S Part in 1t.

William Nye Recalled Senator Leland STAN
ford s Part in 1t.
Some gears ago a big, fat, and pcmpous
man strolled into sleeping car on board
a Union Pacific train with the air of
man who owned things. After he had
looked at everybody till he had gratified
his curiosity, he settled down in a seat
and began to watch from window the
swiftly changing landscape. The sleep
ing car conductor put his hand on the
shoulder of the large, globular man and
asked him if he had q Pullman ticket
The wide man spread his legs little
wider, so as to take up little more
room, breathed in about ZOO cubic feet
of Nebraska ozone, and said he did not
have to havo a ticket. You have to
show ticket here in this car or go into
the car where you belong" said the
urbane conductor who assists Sir George
Pullman in giving his beloved sleep.
ave are not carrying people this summer
just to cultivate friendly feeling be-
tween man and man
"DO you know" said the large man, as
he threw back his coat so as to show q
two pound diamond, s'that 1 can have
You out of a job in three minutes and
hang your pelt on the fence as soon as
we get to ON aha?"
"No l didn't know that, of course; but
l know that if you don't show me your
authority for riding in this car 1 will call
the porter, and we will use you to lubri-
cate the young and growing state of Ne
braska. You may be an eminent man,
but you have way of concealing it that
would battle any conductor in the United
Stsses.'
You will fad out who / am when we
get into Omaha" said the large, purple
man, looking at his seven pound watch
and swapping il so that nervous woman
nearly jumped ont of the car. "You will
then know who 1 am, but it will be too
late"
"Tlue," said the conductor, musingly.
"It will then be indeed too late, for no.
body who comes to search for you will
know who you are, and you will be very
shocking sight"
Young man, when you are my age /
hope you will know more"
Yes, sir. 1 also hope will know more
and l wish that you had been blessed by
knowing more"
"Sir, my name Is a househ Cd word from
New York to San Francisco. If you have
ever travelled much you would not have
to ask for my ticket. You ought to be
able to recognize man who has been in
public life as long as / have"
Possibly So" said the conductor, tax
ing off his coat and calling the porter,
but somehow you don't remind me of
any great man l ever saw. You look
more TO me like man who has had struck
popular chord In leaf lard or quelled the
national cry for an earnest and tenacious
style of glue. As said before, the rules
q this company require that you shall
produce currency, pass, or ticket, or get
off and walk. VIII you show rs your
creden tials or earn the everlasting enml-
ty of the road by falling of the plat
form and mussing up the right of waysr
The large mans breath came quick and
his brow grew black as he ground his
teeth and went out of the car. suppos-
ed he had gone out to plange of the
platform as We sped swiftly down the
grade. / went back to see him do it. for
/ had never seen man distribute him
self over q morotonous sweep of country
that way; bus, much to my surprise, he
went ilto a large, yellow special car that
was attached TO the train and We after
ward learned that he was Leland Stan